Month: November 2022

Hindustan Times (October 03, 2010)

( August 12, 2017 )

 (July 31, 2017 )

The 7th day of FDCI’s India Couture Week was brightened up by designer Rina Dhaka’s collection. She presented HonorTheSmile campaign—an initiative by NGO Smile Foundation, to support the cause of girl child empowerment.

For this show, the designer joined hands with Narayan Jewellers to launch their bridal line. The collection was a mix of opulence and royalty which featured entangled motifs, voluminous pieces and oversized gems. On the other hand, the clothes were glowing in metallic hues—as the fabrics were specially made to reflect the dazzle of jewellery.

The show saw a starry presence, when the actress, Huma Qureshi walked the ramp. Her outfit was a mix of gold and silver hues which was accessorised by a multi-layered necklace, giving a royal touch to her look.

He had a penchant for interacting with the young minds of the country, and once, even famously posted a question on Yahoo asking what we should do to free our planet from terrorism. Touring innumerable schools around the country, he actively engaged thousands of children with whom he often shared anecdotes from his own childhood as a boatman’s son in Ramehswaram, citing examples from the struggles and experiences of his life. A man who rose to hold the highest office in the nation by the sheer virtue of hard work, he always encouraged the students to give better than the best to their goals.

Not to forget the little girls from Smile Foundation stealing the show. They walked on the ramp with models holding their hands, concluding the week-long gala with a smile on everyone’s face.

“I am supporting the cause HonorTheSmile which supports the girl child empowerment with the Smile Foundation. As I make my way through beads and baubles, necklines and hemlines, I repeat to myself and to the world to make sure to SMILE and spread Smiles,” said Rina Dhaka in a statement.

The Indian Express (October 9, 2010)

Award ( July 29, 2017 )

Mr. Santanu Mishra is the Co-Founder and Executive Trustee of Smile Foundation. Mr. Mishra who looks after the overall operations, planning and strategy of the organization did his graduation in commerce stream and is a certified Company Sectary. On the academic front he further excelled by completing his management education from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). He had a successful stint in the corporate sector as a finance professional before devoting most of his time in the social sector. Smile Foundation began its journey formally in 2002, pioneering the principles of good governance in the non-profits and the innovative concept of Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP), with the latter handholding grassroots NGOs to achieve accountability, scalability, sustainability and leadership. In the year 2005, Mr. Mishra quit his fulltime corporate career and got completely involved in making Smile Foundation a structured and successful non-profit organization.

His dedication made Smile Foundation become one of the most successful non-profit organizations in India in a span of just 10 years. Mr. Mishra believes that unless privileged section of the society takes proactive role in the process of development as equal partners, the outcome of development will only remain inadequate and incomplete. With an objective to sensitize the privileged masses on the issue of child education, he produced a feature film “I AM KALAM” which won 23 awards across the globe, reaching out to around 30 countries.

Smile Foundation has won many accolades and awards under the guidance of Mr. Santanu Mishra, which include Asia Pacific Child Rights Award, Healthcare Leadership Award, Barclay’s Bank Chairman Award and GE Healthcare-Modern Medicare Excellence Award to name a few.

At present Smile Foundation is reaching out to more than 400,000 underprivileged children, youth and women directly every year through more than 200 live welfare projects on subjects such as education, healthcare, youth employability, and women empowerment across 25 states of India. Adopting a life cycle approach of development, Smile Foundation focuses its interventions on children, their families and the community.

Source: http://newsondot.com/achiever-awards-detail.php?slug=Social-Excellence-Award-Mr–Santanu-Mishra-3

( July 27, 2017 )

Looking at the glorious chronicles of the life of our beloved Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, it comes as no surprise that he was bestowed the luck of passing away while doing what he loved to do – teaching. “If people will remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me,” he had said in an interview to a national daily on Teacher’s Day the year before his death.

Born as Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Dr. Kalam has many extraordinary achievements to his credit. After India found its Missile Man in his scientific genius, the poet, writer, and Bharat Ratna awardee went on to head the nation as the 11th President of India from 2005-2007.However, his journey as a teacher went on unabated, as he continued to touch the lives and ignite the minds of everyone he came to meet. He was lovingly called ‘The People’s President’.

After his presidency ended, Dr. Kalam became a visiting professor at different branches of the Indian Institute of Management and was also an honorary fellow at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He made relentless efforts to travel across India to meet the children and youth, driving them to work for the benefit of the country at many academic institutions.In 2012, Dr. Kalam launched a programme for the youth of India called “What Can I Give”, based on the ideology of defeating corruption.

He had a penchant for interacting with the young minds of the country, and once, even famously posted a question on Yahoo asking what we should do to free our planet from terrorism. Touring innumerable schools around the country, he actively engaged thousands of children with whom he often shared anecdotes from his own childhood as a boatman’s son in Ramehswaram, citing examples from the struggles and experiences of his life. A man who rose to hold the highest office in the nation by the sheer virtue of hard work, he always encouraged the students to give better than the best to their goals.

His love and admiration for the generation of tomorrow were reciprocated with the same passion and he was indeed the apple of children’s eyes. Not only did he open the gates and lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan to hordes of school students and children, but also took out time to listen to their ideas, give feedback and even followed up on occasions on the status of implementation. Memorabilia from such visits were shared by many at the time of his death, as the whole nation came together to flood in expressions of grief and pride at the same time.

There was an incident where he surprised one of his staff members by taking his children to a science exhibition when the former could not do so himself due to work pressure. Another time when he was to attend a college event, he paid a surprise late night visit to the students of the organizing committee a day before and chatted with them for hours.These are just some of the many stories famous about the visionary that reflects on his special bonding with the children. I am Kalam, a children’s movie by Smile Foundation that won many hearts and accolades stemmed from the ideologies and vision he had for the children of the country.

He continued to share his vision with the medium of writing, something he loved to do and fervently pursued, till the end of his life, penning many books including his remarkable autobiography Wings of Fire.

Though his departure two years ago created a massive vacuum in the scientific community, and rendered the country a profound loss that cannot be compensated, it is the children of India who are going to miss him the most.

But never shall he be forgotten, for he will continue to live in our minds and hearts for generations and generations to come.

DNA (October 09, 2010)

Pratyahik Khabor (30 October 2010)

( July 27, 2017 )

Looking at the glorious chronicles of the life of our beloved Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, it comes as no surprise that he was bestowed the luck of passing away while doing what he loved to do – teaching.

Looking at the glorious chronicles of the life of our beloved Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, it comes as no surprise that he was bestowed the luck of passing away while doing what he loved to do – teaching. “If people will remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me,” he had said in an interview to a national daily on Teacher’s Day the year before his death.

Born as Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Dr. Kalam has many extraordinary achievements to his credit. After India found its Missile Man in his scientific genius, the poet, writer, and Bharat Ratna awardee went on to head the nation as the 11th President of India from 2005-2007. However, his journey as a teacher went on unabated, as he continued to touch the lives and ignite the minds of everyone he came to meet. He was lovingly called ‘The People’s President’.

After his presidency ended, Dr. Kalam became a visiting professor at different branches of the Indian Institute of Management and was also an honorary fellow at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He made relentless efforts to travel across India to meet the children and youth, driving them to work for the benefit of the country at many academic institutions. In 2012, Dr. Kalam launched a programme for the youth of India called “What Can I Give”, based on the ideology of defeating corruption.

He had a penchant for interacting with the young minds of the country, and once, even famously posted a question on Yahoo asking what we should do to free our planet from terrorism. Touring innumerable schools around the country, he actively engaged thousands of children with whom he often shared anecdotes from his own childhood as a boatman’s son in Ramehswaram, citing examples from the struggles and experiences of his life. A man who rose to hold the highest office in the nation by the sheer virtue of hard work, he always encouraged the students to give better than the best to their goals.

His love and admiration for the generation of tomorrow were reciprocated with the same passion and he was indeed the apple of children’s eyes. Not only did he open the gates and lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan to hordes of school students and children, but also took out time to listen to their ideas, give feedbacks and even followed up on occasions on the status of implementation. Memorabilia from such visits were shared by many at the time of his death, as the whole nation came together to flood in expressions of grief and pride at the same time.

There was an incident where he surprised one of his staff members by taking his children to a science exhibition when the former could not do so himself due to work pressure. Another time when he was to attend a college event, he paid a surprise late night visit to the students of the organizing committee a day before and chatted with them for hours. These are just some of the many stories famous about the visionary that reflects on his special bonding with the children. I am Kalam, a children’s movie by Smile Foundation that won many hearts and accolades stemmed from the ideologies and vision he had for the children of the country.

He continued to share his vision with the medium of writing, something he loved to do and fervently pursued, till the end of his life, penning many books including his remarkable autobiography Wings of Fire.

Though his departure two years ago created a massive vacuum in the scientific community, and rendered the country a profound loss that cannot be compensated, it is the children of India who are going to miss him the most.

But never shall he be forgotten, for he will continue to live in our minds and hearts for generations and generations to come.